I'm am soo tired. Not enough sleep that I was practically sleeping the whole day. Almost every lecture. Ice skating was quite fun. But it is painful. I fell TWICE. Once flat on my back and I felt the same sensation and pain when I fell down the steps near the MRT before. There's was this sharp pain that shot up my spine. The ice skating ring was quite crowded also coz there was this another group. There were the pros trying to show off, zipping around us. The second time when I fell it wasn't too bad as I fell in front and I managed to break the fall- well sort of. They were demonstrating some safety practices like breaking a fall before the start of the session but I think it is quite hard to reposition yourself in the split second when you are about to fall. I mean nobody thinks that much before a fall lo.. it just happen... I left the ice skating ring with blisters on my both feet as the boots are quite tight and there was lots of friction. Aiya, next time must wear thicker socks and ask for one size bigger. Luckily I had Tab to hold me otherwise I won't fall twice. It would be more given how unstable I was. As it was quite late already, we missed the photo taking part where there was fake snow falling from the ceiling! So wasted!

On tues, I went for the welfare services club interview. As I didn't express any interest for the main comm positions, the interview was very short. Less than 5 mins lah! Wasted my time wating for 1 hour for the interview. Hmmph. But luckily Zhi Qi was there to accompany me.. Otherwise I would just go home straight after school.

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Eileen, I know who Hui Yi is already!!! Well, I just found out today only. It's such a small world. She's actually my friend's roomie! Now I know who you are talking about.. How is she related to you? Chinese calligraphy? And I think I know who P__ M__ is. Hopefully we can have more of those gossip sessions soon!

Haha.. I think I can become the publicity director for the ice skating club lah! Hahaha.. I've been psychoing people to join the club. Haha.. Too bad I didn't go for any of the interviews for the main/sub comm coz they are really late in the night and I don't think I will benefit much since I'm not staying in the hall.

I dunno if I should join the deli apprecio club though. It sounds interesting but I don't know if I will be able to commit to it since I have signed up for the welfare services club. Haiz.

If everything goes as planned then I think I'll start ice skating next monday! Whee.

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It was nice catching up with eileen today on Union Day. I had a great lunch which consisted of chicken rice and ice cream waffles at hall 2 canteen 2. The canteen looked like a food court, it was really crowded. Luckily we managed to find a seat and chat about all the silly stuffs. We were total aunties today. Haha.. There were sooo many freebies up for grabs and we were given this big tote/ environmentally friendly bag with lots of canned food, two cans of drinks and biscuits! Lots of vouchers and so on and so forth. Plus the candy floss/ pop corn! All these for signing up for the welfare services club, something like a community service club. I was quite surprised actually when the person gave me the bag. Luckily my bag is big enough and I managed to stuff everything in. But poor Eileen.. Hahahaha.

I didn't manage to get any books from the second hand book sale on Tues as there were 3 copies of calculus only. So many people were eyeing for that book. Haiz. Looks like I have to buy a first hand book for more practice.

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Let's touch on the subject of wisdom tooths today. I am very scared of them!!! My wisdom tooths are taking quite a loong time to grow but that's okay as long as it is not impacted (ie it grows properly). Hopefully (cross fingers). I hope it does as I heard some stuff about the surgery to remove them and all and it costs a bomb! I don't care if it's painful or painless okay, I just don't want to step into the dental clinic. The thought of it send shivers down my spine and if I were to pay a visit, my legs will shake and by this I don't mean literally. I have a phobia of dentists and it is all thanks to my primary school dentist who did a great job in traumatizing us at such a tender age! When I finally graduated from primary school I was on cloud nine. Going to a dentist now for a normal check up is something that is very difficult for me to do even though I know it will be good for me in the long term. It will need a lot of courage which I don't think I am able to summon it out... yet. Unless...

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Lab today was quite good. I'm as blur and careless as usual but luckily my lab partner who has a lot of experience in doing experiments helped me out. :) Didn't manage to finish the experiment in time though but it was alright.

I'm disappointed that chelsea didn't win. I couldn't sleep last night as I was too excited over the results. I switched on the tv twice juz to check the results but I think the match haven't ended yet at that time. In the end, I woke up at 6am (6am! on one of the few days in the week that I can sleep longer) to check the results on CNA.

Then I went back to sleep with a tinge of disappointment although deep down I anticipated a draw.

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When Chem become physics...

I've been busy these past few days. Busy with completing tutorials... Trying to get my brain to function again and trying to remember all the formulas. Remember I did a major clean up of my room a couple of weeks ago? Now I regret a little bit throwing away all my notes coz I need to refer to them for that darn trigonometric equations. Haiz.. And chem is really turning into physics now.. There was this chem tutorial about densities, mass, volume, conversion of units etc etc and it left me sweating! At one point I even thought I was doing physics tutorial! And because the subjects that I take are very closely related to one another, it is like doing chem for approximately 5 hours a day 5 days a week! I'm looking forward to the next sem where I will then be ale to add electives freely and not so sciency. Like history theatre studies and drama.. Muahahaha..

I can't wait for next tues as it is spms day and then I can buy some 2nd hand textbooks. But then I'll have to carry them back home. Haiz. On a brighter note.. THERE'S FREE LUNCH!!!

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School life has been pretty monotonous but at least I look forward to it on most days. I get to explore the campus, mingle around, be free to do whatever I like and not being under any watchful eye. psst. I don't like to have lessons so early in the morning at 8.30am as that means that I have to wake up at 5.45am just to beat the queue when I reach Boon lay. I'm tired of hearing the remark about how far I live from the school as it dosen't really bother me that much. Not when I have company (like Tabby and Valerie) for almost the whole week. But what bothers me the most is that I have to repeat over and over again to different people I meet.

Most of my tutorial sessions are different from my friends- kh and hj- whom I hang out with most of the time during lectures and breaks. As every tutorial group for the different modules that I'm taking are different, I do not know almost everyone in the class. So I have to make new friends here and there. Sometimes I wonder whether true friendship can be established especially when we are seeing and talking to each other for 1 hour for one week. But I continue to hope that long lasting friendships can be forged along in time to come :)

I signed up for ice skating recently and even managed to convince Tabby to join me. Haha. I very very keen on ice skating and I think it is a good deal to sign up with the school. Valerie's 'aunty' ideas certainly had an effect on me as I signed up for many ccas during the fair since it was non- obligotory.

Canteen food is not that fantastic so far. So there's nothing much to talk about it. And I still dislike lab work and that's bad.

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I didn't like the lab work today. Lab work was messy, unorganized etc etc. Furthermore, I didn't really work very well with my partner initially. The apparatus used here is quite different from the ones that I've used previously. For eg, there was a tap for the burette which made it harder to control the volume eg 1 drop. Halfway through the experiment and I realised that we forgot to wear gloves. But some other teams didn't also.. so I guess it's optional. Then for filling the burette, we were instructed to pour while holding the burette. (We used to put the stand on the stool remember?) There was confusion and frustration (on my part) coz we were left alone to do the expt for 3 hours. There was no demonstration. But it turned out well in the second part coz my partner and I had better understanding and organization. We finished everything (including washing up) in less than 3 hours and we left the lab half an hour early.

Today was cca exhibition day and I signed up for the ice skating club, deli appreciation and odac. I am very interested in the first 2. Ice skating is a costly recreation but after discussing with my mom, I think it is quite worth it. As for deli appreciation, it is about hunting for good places to eat and at discounted rate. Food has always been my number 1 and I think it would be useful to know the famous makan places in Singapore. I shall go and take a look at the booths again tomorrow to see what more I can sign up with.

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I'm excited for this week. Lab work on Monday.. Hopefully I don't get so nervous. Meeting up with an old friend for lunch on tues :) And lectures for the rest of the week. The journey to and fro is not as bad as I initially thought it would be. That's because I have a companion to chat with.

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First day of school

Woke up at 6am to get ready for the first lecture which was physics. It was still early when I reached Boon Lay but I was shocked when I saw the queue for the bus. It was really really long! The berth itself is quite a distance from the mrt station. So you can imagine how long the queue was. But luckily 3 buses came at a time continuously, so I managed to board the bus. But I was still late for lecture.

During lectures, I felt nostalgic. I kept reminiscising about the times at tpjc and comparing. Then I remembered that what Ms Khoo said was right. There were no lecture notes, just powerpoint slides that were sent to us. Though notes were provided for other courses. The lecturer didn't wait for everybody to copy everything down most of the time also. Oh well, I have to say that we were treated really really well back then.

And because it was the eve of national day, it made everything worse. I longed for the school spirit in celebrating national day. Haiz. And we still have to go back to school on Friday!

I saw a few tpjcians around today and some familiar faces also. I saw Rachael who looked so different with her highlighted hair and hairstyle. Well, I guess much has changed since the last time I met her which was more than 2 years ago.

I miss the round table.

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Orientation on Fri was okay save for the boring talks. Took a walk around the campus with my friends after that. Freshmen Welcome Ceremony was great. Everything was beautiful. It felt weird wearing the gown, I felt like graduating at that instant.

Did a mini cleanup for my room last night.

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New specs

I'm not gonna wear it yet as it feels weird.

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YAY! I'm back! Looks like I don't have to go to ntu today!!! I dun remember changing my password b4 so I decided to try my luck juz now. And... IT WORKED!! now I'm able to matriculate online! I hope it's the correct one, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. But I think the school should send emails periodically to remind us to do this and that lah!! Coz I'm a blur sotong!

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AAARgh!!! I have to make another trip to ntu just to reactivate my suspended account as I forgot to change my password!!!!! That means I can't matriculate online today!!!! Lonely journey ahead!

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